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Dr. Thomas Starzl and the Advances and Ethical Issues of Transplantation

Transplant surgeon pioneer Thomas Starzl. Last June he supervised the surgical team that transplanted a baboon's liver into a 35 year-old man who was dying of hepatitis B. It has since become known that the patient was HIV-positive, though he showed no symptoms of the disease. The case raised questions about whether it's ethical to "experiment" on a person who is HIV-positve. Starzl has a new book, called "The Puzzle People."

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 16, 1992: Interview with Thomas Starzl; Interview with Susie Essman; Review of Norman Mailer's book "Advertisements for Myself."
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Comedian Susie Essman

Essman will be one of the hosts on the new HBO comedy show, "One Night Stand." She appeared in the 1988 HBO comedy special, "On Location: Women of the Night II," and in the films, "Punchline, and Crocodile Dundee II."

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